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BY DORIS HcGILL
GREETINGS GATES
New members in Tomorrow
World! Club are Lillian Speese,
Naomi Vealand, Louise Seay, Rob
ert Rodges, Wm. Payton who are
really swell people to know-.
What certain girl is sweet on L.
B? Could jt he Lorraln Jackson?
W hat young lauies are so inquis
itive over Robert Bates?
FLASH mss What incident happen
ed last week on the Crosstown car
—did S. P. really kiss M. F.? (good
deal)!!!
Could it be that R. R. has a job?
He catches the Crosstown car early
every Saturday morning, ha! ha!
Sonny Partridge is back looking
very nice in his navy uniform.
Is K. G. still rocking his Dream
Boat, over R. F? (I Wonder). ???
ATTENTITIOX: Spring is near
ing; Girls jou better get your jobs?
(Now or never)!
STOP!!! Did you like the ..Road
Show act Edsul Hudson and Udot.
sie Goodwin jiterbugged (very nice
Dois Brown acted as Dena Horne,
(Perfect.)
Pvt. M. I>. Johnson was home on
leave looking fine in his army
(Easter) suit.
Who was caught in Reed's Sun.
day nite? Could it have been A.
D?
M. H. and F. S. are going steady!
(nice work Mable).
Have you noticed that G. S. and
F. M. are becoming better friends,
(ha ha).
What certain chick told a cer
tain Cat Sunday!—“No GO!”
Did R. A. find what she was
looking for Saturday?
J. D. and J. J. are the best of
friends. Watch out girls!
D. G. and J. T. are still together
and are happier than a pair of
larks.
How is B. D. and J. D. getting a
lone? Are there any interference?
(I Wonder).
D. W. and N. W. went to Hast
ings; have a nice time (We didn’t
miss U.)
How is C. M. coming with K. B?
(fine I hope)
W hat certain Cat was caught
Sunday night and couldn’t pay his
bill in the Sharp Inn? Could it
have been L. S. G. ???
Have you noticed J. C. E. and M.
M. P. being seen together—What’s
up???
B. J. took P. F. home Sunday, is
there any intimate frienship?
NOTICE!!! Have you picked up on
B. P. boyish bob, very becoming to
her face.
Wonder why all the boys are
getting Baul?—Is that the style or
are you showing the girls that your
hair can grow faster?
Our modern service, plnnned
with experienced skill and
directed with sincere consid
eration for the wishes of
those we serve, Klves true
expression to the family’s
respect for Its departed.
THOMAS
FUNERAL HOME
—WE. 2022
2022 Lake Street
Why does I. P's mother get that |
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her (laughter is better than thel
rest? If she only knew!
time.
STUDENT AT NORTH HIGH )
Adolphe Nelum of 2533 Binney St
is a student of North High school
and a private in the ROTC and he
likes his school fine.
ACTIVITIES AT THE NORTH
TWENTY FOURTH USO CLUB
- J. P. HOSELY, DIRECTOR
There has been a marked in.
crease in activities, programs and
attendance at the 24th Street USO
Club since entering the new quar.
ters. Clubs and organizations have
found the committee room quite
convenient for meetings and sever
al have availed themselves of the
opportunity of using it. Last
week meetings were held by the
Zeta Phi Beta sorority and the lo
cal committee of the FEPC here.
In programing, emphasis is be
ing placed upon service men’s par
ticipation. Opportunity is given
members of the armed forces to
give expression to their ideas thru
appearance on programs. One pro
gram inovation is the designating
of certain days by the name of a
camp which will have complete
charge of program for that day.
For example, Sunday, March 18,
was Grand Island day and soldiers
from that base were in charge.
SAILORS ENTERTAIN ISO
HOSTESSES AT ST. PATRICK'S
DAY BALL
130 junior and senior hostesses
journeyed to Hastings Naval Am.
munition Depot, Saturday March 17
where they were guests of the sail,
ors stationed at that base for a St.
Patrick’s Day Ball. Five bus loads
left the club at 1:00 pm. and arriv
ed in Hastings at 6:00 pm. After
a delicious meal, hostesses dressed
and dancing began at 8:00 pm. The
hall was beautifully decorated in
the spirit of St. Patrick’s day; the
music vyas furnished by the fine
Hastings band and was excellent;
and everyone had a great time.
TRIPS
On Thursday March 22, two bus
es will take hostesses to Kearney,
Nebraska, where they will enter
tain the service men from that base
at the Kearney USO. The follow
inf Thursday, 36 girls will go to
Grand Island for a party.
PALM SUNDAY
On Palm Sunday a group of sol
diers from Kearney AAF will have
charge of the program. There will
be a religious program at 10:00 am
and Vespers at 4:00 pm. The pub
lic is invited and urged to attend
Vesper program. Easter Sunday
will be observed thru appropriate
services in the morning. Plans
have been completed for providing
service^ men with all the boiled
eggs they can consume that day.
These eggs are bineg furnished by
the hostesses and organizations of
this city. Any donations of eggs'
will be welcomed.
“SAILORS HOLIDAY” TO BE
PRESENTED AT 24TH
STREET USO CLUB
A big treat is in store for all of
Omaha, on April 7. On this day
the famed Hastings NAD band,
choir and talented enlisted men
will bring to the club highlights of
the navy production "Sailor’s Holi.
day.” This show recently played 3
night engagements to a packed
house in Hastings, Nebraska and
was enthusiastically received. The
brilliancy of the performance has
gained praise for those responsi
ble for the production and those
performing in it.
The admission is free and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
MU. SAVBERT HANGER
ADDED TO MANAGEMENT
ISO CUB COMMITTEE
A recent addition to the Manage
ment Committee of the 24th Street
USO Club, was Mr. Saybert Hanger
well known lawyer and govern
ment employee. Air. Hanger is
very active in the civic affairs. He
is a former member and president
of the Urban League Board. Pres
ently he is a member of the wel
fare board. He is a member of the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. With
the addition of Air. Hanger, it is
certain that the committee will
continue its progressiveness and
will remain a dominant factor in
the successful operation of the
club.
NAACP SERVICE FOR VETS
TO BE NATION WIDE
New York—In order to render
greeter service to veterans of
World War II, the NAACP Is sett
ing up Veterans branch committees
all over the country to work close
ly with Jesse Dedmon, Jr., new N
AA< p \ eterans secretary with of
fices in the Washington Bureau,
100 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W
Washington, DC.
“The purpose of this new service’
as outlined in a letter by Acting
Secretary Roy Wilkins, to the bran
ches, is “to give immediate aid in
answering questions that will arise
relative to benefits for veterans
and to see that they are given full
benefits as regards housing, reem-l
ployment and education which they
are entitled to without discrimina
tion because of their color."
In anticipation of inquiries from
thousands of veterans, each comm
--
ittee is charged with the responsi
bility of aid those in their local com
munities. All problems which can
not be solved in this manner will be
referred to the Secretary of Veter
ans Affairs.
Don’t be loved on the Streets!
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“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”—Doorstep Scene
From 20th Century Fox Greatest Movie Hit!
A SHORT STORY' ABOUT
“A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN”
One of the most heart-warming
novels ever written, Betty Smith’s
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” is now
one of the most heart-warming
films ever made.
Twentieth Century-Fox, which
brought another memorable best
seller, "The Song of Bernadette," to
life on the screen, has surpassed
even that achievement with “A
Tree Grows in Brooklyn”. Just as
the book has been phenomenally
popular, selling more than a million
copies in its first year of public
ation, the picture should set new
box-office records.
On film, as between book covers,
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” is
absorbingly dramatically, entertain,
ingly, humanly real—an experience
to talk about, to share.
The picture excels in every de
partment: scenario, acting, direction
photography, scenic design, set dec
oration, editing and music. It will
inevitably be a popular contender
for Academy Awards.
Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn,
Joan Blondell, Lloyd Nolan, Peggy
Ann Garner and Ted Donaldson
head the carefully chosen cast. Sup
posting players include such talent
as James Gleason, Ruth Nelson,
herike Bores, John Alexander, B.
S. Pully, Charles Halton, Adeline
deWalt Reynolds and J. Farrell Mac
Donald, among others.
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” was
published August 19, 1943. The
first copy had not yet rolled off the
presses, and the book had not yet
become a Literary Guild selection,
when Twentieth-Fox acquired the
screen rights. The purchase was
made from galley proofs, at the urg
ing of Producer Louis D. Lighton.
The film treatment of the story
was fraught with problems. The
book was a delightful, infintely de
taled, ramblng succession of inci
dents, strung on a thin thread of
plot, telling the nostalgiv tale of a
young girl’s growing up—in the
Brooklyn tenements of a generation
ago. The charm of the book was
that through that young girl, Fran,
cie Nolan, everyone relieved his own
cniidhood, no mater where that
childhood had been spent That
charm has to be preserved in the
film, but for screen purposes the
thread of plot had to be tightened,
clearly defined. Also, all of the in
cidents in the book could not be.
put on the screen without having a
picture five hours long. Some of
the minor characters had to be o
mitted, for the same reason. In
short, the story had to be telescop
ed without sacrificing any of the
elements that made it so memor
able. Most of the things that hap
pen in the book also happen in the
picture, but in a shorter period of
time—approximately a year. And,
very definitely, the picture has
caught the mood of the book.
When the script was completed,
the studio sought—and obtained
Elia Kazan as director.
Kazan, 34-year old Broadway
sensation, had just directed four
successive stage hits: “Skin of Our
Teeth, for which he won Critics'
Award, “Harriet,” "One Touch of
\ enus and “Jacobovvsky and the
Colonel." Every studio in Holly
wood was seeking him.
It has i tsamusing moments, as
readers of the book know, but "A
Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is not a
comedy; it is a realistic slice of life
in the Brooklyn of a generation a
go.
i
Red Cross War Fund
Moves into Last Stretch
As the local Red Cross War Fun°
drive moved into last one hund
red thousand dollar stretch this
week to fulfill hte Douglas County
quota of 505 thousand dollars,
" illiam Miskell. campaign chair
man, pointed out although most of
the money subscribed goes to aid
our fighting men overseas. some
remains here at home to assist the
stricken in case of disaster.
Threat of floods from rivers and
streams swollen by melting snows
in this area creates a great need
for the Red Cross in every comm
unity," Mr. Miskell stated.
If disaster strikes Omaha ot
Douglas County, citizens can coun:
on local members of the Red Cross
canteen corps for the mass feeding
of stricken people."
“Traiinng and constant commun
ity service keep our volunteers
ready for an emergency such as
would be caused by a great fire,
flood or natural disaster. Hund
reds of Omaha women belong to
the Douglas County Chapter's Red
Cross canteen corps. They serve
food to men of the armed forces at
flyng fields, and at bus and rail,
road stations, whenever needed.”
“Every community benefits by
having a canteen corps," Mr. Mis
kell declared. “And since all ckn.
teen corps are organized primarily
for disaster relief, the htousands of
volunteer hours served by local
members last year constitute ex
perienced gained for the protect
ion of every man, woman, and child
in Douglas County.
SOCIAL NOTES
| VISITS RELATIVES HERE
! Mrs. Katie Taylor, and Mrs. W.
I Coburn, of Meridian, Oklahoma,
j are in the city, visiting kinsfolk.
■ There stay here is indefinite
; -
CORPORAL SEAY HERE
Corporal Janies Seay, 2320 Sew
ard Plaza came home on a furlough
last week, to visit with his wife,
and daughter, “Mitten' as they so
affectionately call her.
Corporal Seay is a former lino
type operator of the Omaha Guide.
3 BATTLE SCARS
Mrs. Callie Rich of 986 North
25th avenue received a letter from
her brother Earston Channlng sta
tioned somewhere in the army, that
he has received three battle scars
also 3 stripes. Reports say that he
is doing nicely. She hears from
him regularly of which she is very
proud.
MOTHER LISTER GETTING
ALONG NICELY
Mother Luster of 2421 Caldwell
Street seems to be getting along
nicely as she has been somewhat
ill this past winter but says that
she feels better now. “I have a
great deal of patience and am de
pending upon the Lord firet. We
wish that everyone would put more
trust in the Lord and wait for His
coming,” she stated.
ASK SOI L SAVING ASSISTANCE
Elder S. J. Watson of 2627 Deca
tur street, has a revival meeting
going on, conducted by Mother
Watson 2408 Caldwell street. We
are asking the Missionary workers
of the city at large and also Eld
ers and Ministers to assist in this
wonderful soul saving revival con
ducted by Mother Watson. Come
everybody, you are welcome and
bring the sick and be healed,
—thanks.
CLIPPERS AND RAZOR
Mr. P. J. Taylor of 1708 North
24th street, is a very busy man
these days, using the clippers and
razors. He says it is his purpose
to make a man look and feel bet
ter. Mr. Taylor ha a very nice bar
ber shop, operated under sanitary
conditions. He is a Christian
gentleman and does not like any
cursing or profanity around him.
You are always welcome.
CONSISTENT LIFE
Mr. Logan of 1711 North 25th St.,
says he is dong nicely and is living
a very consistently life. I would be
glad to have everyone to live a
consistent, moderate life and to
think more seriously as this is the
time to read and think.
ILL TWO W EEKS
Mrs. B. Blow of 2802 North 30th
1 street as been sick for two weeks.
When the reporter called, she was
resting on the bed, eating popcorn
and said she was doing nicely but
at times still felt bad.
awaits husbands return
Mrs. Annie McWilliams of 2515
Miami street is staging a home
waiting stay, waiting for the ar
rival of her husband who is a
waiter on the UPRR, when the re
kiddies. who keep her company.
PULLMAN PORTER
Mrs. John Voner of 2537 Binney
street has lived in Omaha for 25
years and the longer she lives here
the better she likes it, she says.
My husband is working as a Pull
man porter and has been for 21 yrs
They have three children, 2 girls
and 1 boy.
TAKEN ILL AT ELKS CLUB
Mrs. Azalee McFadden, 2527 Bin.
ney street, taken suddenly1 ill at
the Elks Club, 18th and Dodge St.,
on the 14th of February, 1945. She
was taken home by Mrs. Mattie
Jones and is much better at this
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may get wanted relief
from functional periodic pain
- J i
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which many women say has
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of functional periodic distress.
Here’s how it may help:
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WAITERS’
COLUMN
BY DEAN H. W. SMITH
WE. 6458
Jimmie Johnson a very good sta
tion bus driver.
The waiters Club welcomes you
at all times.
The RR boys are all ready for
the spring business and we are hop
ing the month of March will give
them more sunshine.
Fontenelle hotel waiters topped
off St. Patrick’s day banquet.
Paxton hotel waiters out in front
and going along good.
Regis hotel and White Horse Inn
waiters serving with a smile.
Are you a subscriber to the Great
er Omaha Guide?
Blackstone hotel waiters very
much on the job.
Waiters at the Hill Hotel improv
ing on all service changes fast.
Rumor has it that one of the
swell country clubs which jfolded
up some time ago, will reopen this
summer.
The Omaha Club waiters are on
the up and go on quick service.
All waiters should attend church
on Sundays as leading a Christian
life is an uplift to everyone.
Read the Omaha Guide.
THE WEEK by H. W. Smith
Two men were killed Wednesday
March 14 when a truck and auto
One hundred and thirty second
crashed at 132 and Center Street.
The largest aircraft carrier Mid
way will be christened at Newport
News, Va., March 20—it will carry
more than S twin-engine planes.
Sara Joshua is held as a suspect
of the theft of *90,000 to *100,000
in checks at Blytheville, Arkansas
from a mail pouch.
The Missouri river continues to
fall between Nebraska cit and KC
, Mo., March 16th.
U. S. Senator Wherry has asked
a food probe and meat shortage.
Mrs. Edward Lee of 2420 Maple
Sq., sojourning tin Hot ‘Springs,
Arkansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frazier of
j 2231 Miami street on an early shop
Ping tour Friday March 16th.
Jerry Sim psoSi the streamlined
sleeping car porter taking on more
weight.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Taylor of 2308
North 27th Avenue in Hot Springs
Arkansas enjoying the baths and
recreational facilities.
Easter Sunday is in the making
and weather permiting the Easter
parade will be viewed by many.
Perry Taylor the streamlined bar
ber and Sunday school teacher very
much out in front at all times.
The NY legislature passed the
FEPL and it was signed by Gov.
Dewey and it was the first state
to get out in front for justice to all
races.
Virginia State Supreme Court to
test jim crow law.
Rev. C. C. Adams and H. W.
Smith have a friendly chat in the
streamlined barber shop Friday
March 16th.
We did not notice many green
ribons on St. Patrick's day March
17.
The Urban League presents W'm.
Townsend vied president Na
tional Urban League in a member
ship drive at Pilgrim Baptist chur
ch Thursday evening, March 29th.
Tickets *1,20 membership included.
Iowa highways were flooded by
the overflow from the Desmoines
and Cedar rivers for two days the
week of March 12th.
Chicago police recovered three
million, two hundred thousand gas
ration coupons Sunday March 18 in
an apartment.
A 17 year old girl was fatally
injured in a taxicab and truck ac
cident at 33rd and Burt streets
early Sunday morning—she died at I
a local hospital.
Mayor LaGuardia of NY City,
says the rigid rule of midnite clos
ing will not work and he has add
ed one more hour in NY city.
Read the Omaha Guide for all the
latest news.
We are always using our very
best efforts to serve the public and *
our group in anyway that will keep <
the masses informed and we truly 1
hope if and when there is some- j
thing needed in the printing line |
we can take time out to furnish
the very best in our line of mer- I
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ARMY STUDYING MORE
EFFECTIVE NEGRO TRAINING
(Continued from page 1)
in the division did not benefit by
it, he said.
Negroes were drafted to fill the
division, in stead of Joeing classi
fied and sen! to whatever branch
of the service they were best suit
ed for; many went straight from
the reception center to the division
without preliminary basic training.
Similarly, many replacemets have
been sent to the division without
adequate infantry training, and it
is in units with the largest propor
tion of replacements that Mr. Gib
son found the greatest tendency to
"melt away."
Gibson said experience showed
illiterates did not necessarily lack
native intelligence and could often
bo made into soldiers,
but they require special training
methods and cannot absorb com
bat infantry training in a short
time.
War Department records show
46.6 percent of all Negro troops to
be in Class V (illiterate), while
only 4 percent of all white troops
are in Class V and 16 percent in
Class IV. The illiteracy rate in the
92nd Division is 17 percent in Class
V and 75 percent in Class IV.
I,AW FOUND ARMY UNREADY
Mr. Gibson said the Army had
very few policies toward Negroes
in 1940, and was relatively unpre
pared to handle the problem when
the Fish amendment to the Nation
al service act obliged it to accept
Negro draftees in large numbers.
Negro units had to be rapidly ex
panded without adequate cadres of
trained officers and without ade
quate methods to meet special
ficulties.
A mixture of white and Negro of
-ficers in the same units causes
some hard feeling, because, altho
the Army policy is opposed to se
gregation, separate officers’ clubs
develop and incidents of race pre
judice tend to be exaggerated. In
,»front-line units, Negro officers are
not put in command over white of
ficers. Negro promotions are made
by a block system which works
hardships on individuals.
Mr. Gibson said most of the 92nd
Division officers killed in combat
have been Negro officers, which
ho said, reflected more credit on
their courage than their judgement
The best answer is to appoint of
ficrs not because they are colored
or white but because they are good
and the division is trying to do
that, he added.
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